Le mot anglais pour court est
short

Définition en anglais

Traductions de court et leurs définitions

short	©
1. adj. Court.
He started, made a short run, and stopped and looked over his shoulder. (Great Expectations - Charles Dickens)
Il fit un mouvement, puis quelques pas, et s'arrêta pour regarder par-dessus son épaule.
Mr. Pumblechook added, after a short interval of reflection, “Look at Pork alone. There's a subject! If you want a subject, look at Pork!” (Great Expectations - Charles Dickens)
M. Pumblechook ajouta, après un court moment de réflexion: « Tenez, par exemple, le porc, voilà un sujet! Si vous voulez un sujet, prenez le porc! »
2. v. Abruptement.
I thought the car was going to hit me, but it stopped short.
3. n. (Élec) (Par ellipse) Court-circuit.
4. n. (Cinéma) (Par ellipse) Court-métrage.
5. n. (Finan) (Par ellipse) Vente à découvert.
6. n. (Baseball) Position de joueur de champ, proche du batteur.
7. v. (Élec) Court-circuiter
8. v. (Finance) Vendre à la baisse.

short	©
1. adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. adj. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
3. adj. Having little duration; opposite of long.
Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.
4. adj. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
5. adj. (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
6. adj. (cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
7. adj. (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
8. adj. (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.)
9. adj. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
He gave a short answer to the question.
10. adj. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
a short supply of provisions
11. adj. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
to be short of money
The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
12. adj. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
an account which is short of the truth
13. adj. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
14. adj. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
15. adv. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.
16. adv. Unawares.
The recent developments at work caught them short.
17. adv. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
His speech fell short of what was expected.
18. adv. (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
19. adv. (finance) With a negative ownership position.
We went short most finance companies in July.
20. n. A short circuit.
21. n. A short film.
22. n. Used to indicate a short-length version of a size
38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
Do you have that size in a short.
23. n. (baseball) A shortstop.
Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
24. n. (finance) A short seller.
The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
25. n. (finance) A short sale.
He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
26. n. A summary account.
27. n. (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
28. n. (programming) An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
29. v. To cause a short circuit in (something).
30. v. (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
31. v. To shortchange.
32. v. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
33. v. (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
34. v. (obsolete) To shorten.
35. prep. Deficient in.
We are short a few men on the second shift.
He's short common sense.
36. prep. (finance) Having a negative position in.
I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.

brief	©
1. adj. Concis.
2. adj. Court.
3. n. Mandat.
4. n. Instruction.
5. v. Informer, expliquer (quelque chose à quelqu'un).

brief	©
1. adj. Of short duration; happening quickly.
Her reign was brief but spectacular.
2. adj. Concise; taking few words.
His speech of acceptance was brief but moving.
3. adj. Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.
Her skirt was extremely brief but doubtless cool.
4. adj. (obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent.
5. n. (legal) A writ summoning one to answer to any action.
6. n. (legal) An answer to any action.
7. n. (legal) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
8. n. (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy.
9. n. (legal) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.
10. n. (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who tries the case.
11. n. A short news story or report.
12. n. (usually plural) undershorts briefs.
I wear boxers under trousers but for sports I usually wear a brief.
13. n. (obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract.
14. n. (historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
15. n. (slang) A ticket of any type.The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
16. v. To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
The U.S. president was briefed on the military coup and its implications on African stability.
17. v. (transitive, legal) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court.
18. adv. (obsolete, poetic) Briefly.
19. adv. (obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly.

court	©
1. n. Cour.
royal court
2. n. Tribunal.
law courts
3. v. Faire la cour (à quelqu'un).
(emploi;transitif) He is courting the favor of the king.
(emploi;transitif) You can easily tell that he is courting her.
(emploi;intransitif) The two of them are courting.
4. v. (Vieilli) Courtiser, conter la fleurette.
When we were courting, we used to go to the movies every week.

court	©
1. n. An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
The girls were playing in the court.
2. n.          (US, Australia) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
3. n. (social) Royal society.
4. n.          The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.
The noblemen visited the queen in her court.
5. n.          The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state
The queen and her court traveled to the city to welcome back the soldiers.
6. n.          Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
7. n. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.
8. n. (law) The administration of law.
9. n.          The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
Many famous criminals have been put on trial in this court.
10. n.          The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, le
The court started proceedings at 11 o'clock.
11. n.          A tribunal established for the administration of justice.
12. n.          The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
13. n.          The session of a judicial assembly.
The court is now in session.
14. n.          Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
15. n. (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.
The local sports club has six tennis courts and two squash courts.
The shuttlecock landed outside the court.
16. v. To seek to achieve or win.
He was courting big new accounts that previous salesman had not attempted.
17. v. To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
He courted controversy with his frank speeches.
18. v. To try to win a commitment to marry from.
19. v. To engage in behavior leading to mating.
The bird was courting by making an elaborate dance.
20. v. To attempt to attract.
21. v. To attempt to gain alliance with.
22. v. (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.
She's had a few beaus come courting.
23. v. (intransitive) To engage in courtship behavior.
In this season, you can see many animals courting.
24. v. To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

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